2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster
McMiller, DeeNia
DeeNia McMiller
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
Bio
TFRRS Profile Page
Career
Has 39 top-three finishes (26 indoor/13 outdoor) … Has 19 titles (15 indoor/4 outdoor) … Placed in top-three in multiple events at the same meet 13 times (10 indoor/3 outdoor) … In indoor, competed in shot put and weight throw … Has improved distances by more than 12 feet in weight throw and four feet in the shot put over her three seasons … In outdoor, threw in discus, hammer and shot put … Has improved distances by more than 40 feet in hammer, five feet in shot put and three feet in discus over her three seasons.
Honors
2020 U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-American (weight throw) … 2020 NCAA Championships qualifier (weight throw) … Unable to compete at NCAA Championships due to the pandemic canceling the meet … 2019 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (hammer) … Five-time All-American Athletic Conference (4 indoor/1 outdoor) … 2019 AAC bronze medalist … 2017 USA Track and Field (USATF) Junior Championships competitor in the shot put … American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2017-18).
On The Charts
School record holder in the weight throw and hammer.
Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Threw in eight meets, including the postseason … Logged five top-three performances … Won shot put titles in back-to-back meets at the Rhodes College Invitational and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Logged a personal-best in the shot put at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Added a third-place performance in the discus (also a personal-best) at the Rhodes College Invitational … Recorded a third-place finish in the hammer at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational, in addition to a bronze in the event at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Hammer effort at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational is a school record … Scored points in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Made eight meet appearances … Posted five top-three performances … Won two titles in the shot put … Collected her first collegiate outdoor crown in the shot put at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Also placed third in the hammer at the meet … Took home first place in the shot put the following week at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Finished third in the hammer at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Scored points with an eighth-place finish in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017: Competed in eight meets … Had three top-three performances … Made her collegiate outdoor debut at the Rhodes College Invitational … Logged her first top-three finish in the shot put (2nd) at the meet … Had first meet with multiple top-three finishes at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Placed second in the shot put and third in the hammer … Threw in all three events (discus/hammer/shot put) at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
Indoor
2019-20: Appeared in all six meets … Posted nine top-three finishes, including six crowns … Swept silvers in the shot put and weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Set personal-bests in both events at the conference meet … Her weight throw effort at the championships was a school-record effort … Swept both crowns at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham and Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Won the weight throw and placed second in the shot put at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … 2018-19: Threw in all seven meets … Had nine top-three performances, including six titles … Took home silver in the weight throw at American Athletic Conference Championships … Recorded top-three performances in both events at four meets … Swept crowns in both events at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener and Arkansas State Invitational … Tossed a season-best mark in the shot put at the Arkansas State Invitational … Won the weight throw and placed second in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Claimed the shot put crown and was runner-up in the weight throw at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … 2017-18: Threw in all seven meets … Posted eight top-three finishes, including three titles … Won silver in the weight throw with a season-best effort at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Logged top-three performances in both events at four meets … Swept the shot put and weight throw crowns at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Finished first in weight throw and second in shot put at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Had runner-up finishes in both events in her college indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Threw a season-best in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational … 2016-17: Redshirted.
Career
Has 39 top-three finishes (26 indoor/13 outdoor) … Has 19 titles (15 indoor/4 outdoor) … Placed in top-three in multiple events at the same meet 13 times (10 indoor/3 outdoor) … In indoor, competed in shot put and weight throw … Has improved distances by more than 12 feet in weight throw and four feet in the shot put over her three seasons … In outdoor, threw in discus, hammer and shot put … Has improved distances by more than 40 feet in hammer, five feet in shot put and three feet in discus over her three seasons.
Honors
2020 U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-American (weight throw) … 2020 NCAA Championships qualifier (weight throw) … Unable to compete at NCAA Championships due to the pandemic canceling the meet … 2019 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (hammer) … Five-time All-American Athletic Conference (4 indoor/1 outdoor) … 2019 AAC bronze medalist … 2017 USA Track and Field (USATF) Junior Championships competitor in the shot put … American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2017-18).
On The Charts
School record holder in the weight throw and hammer.
Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Threw in eight meets, including the postseason … Logged five top-three performances … Won shot put titles in back-to-back meets at the Rhodes College Invitational and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Logged a personal-best in the shot put at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Added a third-place performance in the discus (also a personal-best) at the Rhodes College Invitational … Recorded a third-place finish in the hammer at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational, in addition to a bronze in the event at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Hammer effort at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational is a school record … Scored points in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Made eight meet appearances … Posted five top-three performances … Won two titles in the shot put … Collected her first collegiate outdoor crown in the shot put at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Also placed third in the hammer at the meet … Took home first place in the shot put the following week at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Finished third in the hammer at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Scored points with an eighth-place finish in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017: Competed in eight meets … Had three top-three performances … Made her collegiate outdoor debut at the Rhodes College Invitational … Logged her first top-three finish in the shot put (2nd) at the meet … Had first meet with multiple top-three finishes at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Placed second in the shot put and third in the hammer … Threw in all three events (discus/hammer/shot put) at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
Indoor
2019-20: Appeared in all six meets … Posted nine top-three finishes, including six crowns … Swept silvers in the shot put and weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Set personal-bests in both events at the conference meet … Her weight throw effort at the championships was a school-record effort … Swept both crowns at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham and Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Won the weight throw and placed second in the shot put at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … 2018-19: Threw in all seven meets … Had nine top-three performances, including six titles … Took home silver in the weight throw at American Athletic Conference Championships … Recorded top-three performances in both events at four meets … Swept crowns in both events at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener and Arkansas State Invitational … Tossed a season-best mark in the shot put at the Arkansas State Invitational … Won the weight throw and placed second in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Claimed the shot put crown and was runner-up in the weight throw at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … 2017-18: Threw in all seven meets … Posted eight top-three finishes, including three titles … Won silver in the weight throw with a season-best effort at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Logged top-three performances in both events at four meets … Swept the shot put and weight throw crowns at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Finished first in weight throw and second in shot put at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Had runner-up finishes in both events in her college indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Threw a season-best in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational … 2016-17: Redshirted.
Track and Field: DeeNia McMiller Ready for NCAA Indoor Championships 3/10/21
Wednesday, March 10
Track and Field: McMiller Ready for NCAA Indoor Championship
Thursday, March 12
Memphis Track & Field: Carolina Carmichael NCAA Championships Preview
Wednesday, March 09
